2000 Yering Farm Cabernet Sauvignon
"The George"

Tasting Notes:
A solid wine with ripe, sweet fruit and hints of meat and smoke. A full flavoured palate with texture, richness and a long fine tannin finish.

Viticulture:
The Cabernet Sauvignon is dry grown. Shoot and bunch thinning has produced small bunches. A long ripening period resulted in classic cool climate varietal flavours. Hand harvested in early May.

Winemaking:
Fermented in both enclosed red fermenters and open tanks, which were plunged regulary to maximise colour and flavour extraction. Matured in a combination of new and old French oak over 18 months.

Winemaker: Alan Johns
Alcohol: 13.0%
pH: 3.5
Acidity: 6.6 g/l

Bronze Medal 2002 Rutherglen Wine Show
Bronze Medal 2002 Victorian Wine Show
Bronze Medal 2001 Royal Melbourne Wine Show
Bronze Medal 2001 Victorian Wine Show
4 Stars Winestate September/October 2004
3 Stars Winestate September/October 2003
3 Stars Winestate September/October 2002
89 out of 100 James Halliday's 2005 Wine Companion

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